A Marketing Research Company Is Estimating Which of Two Soft

question 23

Multiple Choice

A marketing research company is estimating which of two soft drinks college students prefer. A random sample of n college students produced the following 95% confidence interval for the proportion of college students who prefer drink A: (.453, .493) . Identify the point estimate for estimating the true proportion of college students who prefer that drink.

• A) .493
• B) .453
• C) .02
• D) .473

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